Show GENERAL RECORD i he was one of the most prominent men in the railroad world I 1 I 1 t new york nov 29 philip I 1 lr ler was a member of one of the oldest and best known new york families being a gra grandson nison of general ichii ver of revolutionary fame and was graduated 4 from the harvard scle scientific school and tue the university of berlin and served with distinction with the army of the potomac during the civil war he lived at ardsley on the hud son and was a director of tho the new york life iafe insurance S C trust company of this city mr air spencers silencers railroad career had a most numble beginning Wh when wheelie enlie he loft left the university of virginia virgillia in 1896 af ter taking a course in civil engineering he entered tho the employ of the savannah memphis railroad and was A assigned to work as a rodman with blui a surveying crow crew in tile the succeeding three years he worked gradually up to the position of principal assistant engineer of the toad road in 1872 ho he became clerk to lo the superintendent of the now new jersey southern railway and it it year later became assistant supervisor visor of trains for the first division of tho the baltimore ohio railroad in 1877 ho be became superintendent of trans port atlon for the virginia midland railroad and a year later was made superintendent of ai tile the long island rall railroad the end of another year fount him bilm to the pre president of the baltimore ohio noe year later he be was acting general M manager of the same sam e road arid and in tile the next six years became s third vico vice president nd vice president and first alc president ile he was elected president of the entire system in fit 1887 ie ic tills this position for one year A I 1 few months after lit bis s r retirement ett rement from I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the presidency of the baltimore ohio he became associated with the irm of J 11 Nl morgan organ company and ass assum uni eil ea the direction of that company compan yd railroad enter enterprises priDes F from rom that time until the moment of ills his tragic death today lie fie remained one of the commanding figures in the rall railroad road world |